DEC colours

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Vintage" == Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> writes:

 Vintage> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, John Allain wrote:
 >> like the problem of describing right and left to an alien.  Where
 >> do you get the reference colors in the first place?  Guess one of
 >> us has to find a vendor for the three swatches to mail to
 >> requesting parties.

 Vintage> And how do we know if DEC maintained the same reference
 Vintage> colors throughout their company history?  And if so, perhaps
 Vintage> they faded over time?  Maybe someone played shenanigans and
 Vintage> switched them out with similar but different colors at some
 Vintage> point?

That's why people who care about color -- which is a lot of companies
and a lot of marketing people -- use the Pantone system or others like
it.  That way you don't have to rely on faded samples or eyeball
matching.  Tell a printer "the logo is Pantone 300" and you've
completely described what you're asking for.

 Vintage> Who knows?  Who cares!  Color matching by eye is "good
 Vintage> enough".

That depends on what business you're in.

     paul